Using JWST photometry of ~17,000 galaxies, the median Balmer break strength decreases from 1.5 to 1.1 (flux ratio) from z~3.5 to z~10, driven by stellar population age, with rare extremely strong breaks at both epochs tracing distinct populations.
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The paper proposes the SHARP near-IR spectrograph design for ESO's ELT, split into NEXUS MOS and VESPER multi-IFU units, to address questions from primordial galaxies to nearby star formation.
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Tracing the Evolution of the Balmer Break from Cosmic Dawn to Cosmic Noon with JWST
Using JWST photometry of ~17,000 galaxies, the median Balmer break strength decreases from 1.5 to 1.1 (flux ratio) from z~3.5 to z~10, driven by stellar population age, with rare extremely strong breaks at both epochs tracing distinct populations.
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SHARP -- A spectrograph proposal to fully exploit ELT capabilities and look beyond JWST
The paper proposes the SHARP near-IR spectrograph design for ESO's ELT, split into NEXUS MOS and VESPER multi-IFU units, to address questions from primordial galaxies to nearby star formation.